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Some old San Gabriel Mountain Pictures

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:33 am
by blueshammer
I came across this collection of old "lantern slide" photos dating from the late 1800s/early 1900s of various places in the San Gabriel Mountains.

http://collections.theautry.org/mwebcgi ... ;startat=1

EDIT: I guess that link only works for cookie-specific computers. Gotta click on "search" and then enter the search term "San Gabriel Mountains" to obtain the pictures.

Here's an old Baldy summit pic taken from that archive:
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100 years later, not much has changed, except the fashion sense:
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Re: Some old San Gabriel Mountain Pictures

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:51 am
by cougarmagic
So cool! I can (and will) spend hours looking at this stuff. Thanks!

Re: Some old San Gabriel Mountain Pictures

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:47 pm
by Sean
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I'm pretty sure the drunk dude in the Burger King hat was seen fleeing from the Griffith Park Fire of 1933.

Re: Some old San Gabriel Mountain Pictures

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:50 pm
by cougarmagic
Sean wrote: I'm pretty sure the drunk dude in the Burger King hat was seen fleeing from the Griffith Park Fire of 1933.
Is it just me, or do some of those ladies have mustaches too??

Re: Some old San Gabriel Mountain Pictures

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:52 am
by VermillionPearlGirl
That's what I wear when I hike :)